Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Lady's Dream And I Love Her
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jonathan Edwards Weapon of Prayer Sailboat
Loni Gamble Circles ST
Tony McManus Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Priscilla* Rollins Feel So Good Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Come Sit Down and Tell Me Everybody Needs It
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Green Rye Ukrainian Pops
Jack Holland The Time Or the Place The Eyes of a Dreamer
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Ursa Major* In My Darkest Hour ST
Zambonis* Live Intro - Hockey Monkey To Bleed Black and Gold
Buddy Knox Rock-a-Billy Walk ST
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Albert Jones* Thank Goodness The Facts of Life
Oscar* McLollie Girl of Mine ST
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* You Belong to Me You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Cal* Bostic There You Are Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Mossy Dream Fear Itself
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Unleash the Horses Boys Ukrainian Pops
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* I Loved a Widow Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Low Skareggae
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Joe* Glazer We are Building a New Party A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars I Want a Girl Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding We the People
David Amram Pull My Daisy Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Jack Holland Waco The Eyes of a Dreamer
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
Ernie* Smith Everything Crash Skareggae
David Amram Greasy Spoon Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Honky Tonk Angel
Nelson* Riddle Vancouver Nights British Columbia Suite
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Albert Jones* Every Little Thing That I Do The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Priscilla* Rollins Sweet Inspiration Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Zambonis* Leave Your Stink at the Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Jonathan Edwards Girl from the Canyon Sailboat
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Aarons And Ackley* Willie Boy ST
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна Ukrainian Pops
Oscar* McLollie She's a Child Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Three Quarter Promenade Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Zambonis* The Greatest Season To Bleed Black and Gold
Cal* Bostic Longing for You (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Cal* Bostic The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Jakiv Came to Visit Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Priscilla* Rollins Cry Cry Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* You're My Honey I'm a Song
Aarons And Ackley* Truly You And I
Buddy Knox Rock House ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Wedding March Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Cure My Blues Everybody Needs It
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Priscilla* Rollins I Know Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
Buddy Knox Devil Woman ST
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Hopak Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Country Mcdonald Joe* War Widow War War War
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Green Power Love Serenade
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Alpha Centauri Earth in Motion ST
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jack Holland There's More to Come The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Jonathan Edwards Evangelina Sailboat
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) (There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Lazarus Fear Itself
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Cal* Bostic Let Me Love You Introducing...
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

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